October 6th, 1964-March 2, 1965 (WPIX)
A ninety-minute pilot program for a future short-lived phone-in discussion program seen on local WPIX-TV Channel 11 in New York City.
Topics discussed are civil rights, (the disappearance of three civil rights workers, the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover,) politics-Barry Goldwater, etc.
Host: David Susskind. The producer of this PILOT program is Jean Kennedy.
When Hot line became a regular short lived series (23 broadcasts), televised live, on New York local station WPIX (the show was never picked up for syndication) Joyce Davidson became producer of the show, her main function as she confirmed was screen viewer calls. She and David Susskind were married in 1966.
Guests: Dorothy Kilgallen, Gore Vidal, and the Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr.
Pilot program.